Jul 12, 2023 EU’s foreign subsidies regime officially kicks off – a new chapter for M&A and public procurement in the EU By Andreas von Bonin Merit Olthoff Martin McElwee Paul van den Berg Vanessa van Weelden Aytaç Çelebi Joanna Goyder +4 more... Show less On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (Commission) published the much-awaited final version of the Implementing Regulation on...
Dec 09, 2022 Exclusion from the award of public contracts under the German Supply Chain Act: sharp sword or empty threat? By Lea Babucke Christina Ebsen With aims to embed human rights and environmental protections throughout supply chains, the German Supply Chain Act...
Nov 23, 2022 Supply chain liability of directors and officers By Nicolas Rücker Moritz Becker Introduction This year’s demand letter to Shell’s board members by the NGO ClientEarth has drawn a lot of attention across corporate...
Jul 05, 2022 It’s official: EU’s foreign subsidies regime on its way to become law By Merit Olthoff Laurent Bougard Aytaç Çelebi Pablo Artero Lines +1 more... Show less On 30 June 2022, the three institutions of the European Union (the Commission, the Parliament and the Council) announced their political...
May 12, 2022 Are new EU Sanctions on government contracting a "Don't Buy Russian" rule? By Felicitas Weber Sascha Arnold The European Union continues to impose new sanctions and export control restrictions related to Russia, in response to the war in Ukraine...
Mar 23, 2022 Reforming the exclusion rules in UK public procurement By Oliver Sangster Ben Morgan Under the current procurement rules, parties can be excluded from bidding for public contracts on the basis of their past conduct. For...
Dec 08, 2021 Public Procurement Reform in the UK: 3 key take-aways from the Government response to the Green Paper Consultation on Transforming Public Procurement By Elizabeth Forster Tom Hutchison On 6 December the Cabinet Office published its response to the consultation on Transforming Public Procurement, in which it clarifies its...
Dec 18, 2020 Transforming public procurement – changes to the UK regulatory framework By Natalie Keir On 15 December, the UK government published its much anticipated Transforming public procurement green paper which sets out the...
Aug 24, 2020 Public procurement remedies in a post-Brexit world: time for change? By Elizabeth Forster Jane Jenkins Kate Gough As the end of the transition period looms, questions mount as to the form the UK’s public procurement remedies regime will take once it...
Jun 12, 2020 Are you contracting with the UK government? New Tussell Report reveals the impact of the pandemic on public spending By Elizabeth Forster Clara Browne The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on public spending in the UK. From ventilators and PPE equipment to free school meals...
May 05, 2020 UK bid challenges: challenging or defending direct contract awards in the context of COVID-19 By Elizabeth Forster Jane Jenkins Kate Gough Public bodies, including most obviously the NHS, are awarding a significant number of contracts directly, without holding a competition,...
Apr 09, 2020 Are you contracting with the UK government? UK Cabinet Office publishes specific guidance for construction contracts further to its measures to protect government supply chains By Hannah Smith Kate Gough The UK Cabinet Office released guidance this week on how contracting authorities should provide relief to at risk suppliers in existing...